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12/01/08
John Carter Records Geranium Bronze in Warwickshire by Steven Cheshire
The Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) is a species originating from South Africa and has spread to Europe with imported Pelargonium plants. It is now common in parts of southern Spain, France and Italy with occasional records from Holland, Belgium and more recently England.
John discovered this individual on his Pelargonium plants in his garden in Pillerton Priors and as the photos show, this female had clearly mated with a male and was busily laying eggs on the buds of his plants.
This is no doubt one of the most unusual Warwickshire butterfly records of 2006.
Steven Cheshire